ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century jobbing printers in Britain played an important role in the history of printing. In the skilled hands of the provincial printer, new display types were composed into new forms of advertising, contributing to the education and societal orientation of the emergent middle classes. Jobbing printers of the Midlands contributed to the advancement of British typography, making significant innovations in the composition of printed ephemera. This article considers the craft and invention of three influential nineteenth-century jobbing printers in the region: William Joesbury (1838–1919) of Birmingham, and the two members of the Gitton family, George (1746–1825) and George Robert (1801–85) of Bridgnorth. Joesbury printed Timothy Worsey Watton’s Outline Charts of General History (1848), an early example of progressive visual education for grammar schools; and the Gittons printed ephemera of Bridgnorth is a valuable record of the town’s industry and of its social culture.

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蜉蝣的艺术：19 世纪 Midland Jobbing 打印机的排版创新

摘要 在 19 世纪，英国的印刷商在印刷史上发挥了重要作用。在省级印刷厂的熟练手中，新的展示类型被组合成新的广告形式，为新兴中产阶级的教育和社会定位做出了贡献。中部地区的工作印刷商为英国印刷术的进步做出了贡献，在印刷蜉蝣的构成方面做出了重大创新。本文考虑了该地区三位有影响力的 19 世纪印刷厂的工艺和发明：伯明翰的威廉·乔斯伯里（1838-1919 年）以及吉顿家族的两位成员乔治（1746-1825 年）和乔治·罗伯特（1801 年- 85) 的布里奇诺斯。乔斯伯里印刷了蒂莫西·沃西·沃顿 (Timothy Worsey Watton) 的通史大纲图 (1848)，文法学校渐进式视觉教育的早期例子；吉顿斯印刷的布里奇诺斯的蜉蝣是该镇工业和社会文化的宝贵记录。